Competition between Species: Frequency Dependence
- 26 February 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 171 (3973) , 820-824
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.171.3973.820
Abstract
Whether two species competing for the same limited resources can stably coexist has been subject to controversy for several decades. The relative fitnesses of two species of Drosophila under competition in laboratory populations are shown to be inversely related to the relative frequencies of these species. This frequency-dependent fitness leads to a stable coexistence of the two species in spite of their competition for limited resources.Keywords
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